College Hill Residential Historic District

College Hill is a residential neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood is situated on a hill overlooking downtown Easton. Lafayette College borders the neighborhood on its southwest side. The northern boundary of the neighborhood is Forks Township. The boundary lies along Chestnut Ridge, a steep hill that rises to 700 feet.

The neighborhood has 855 buildings, primarily built between 1830 and 1940. The district contains a mix of architectural styles, including Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick Style, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Foursquare, and Homestead Temple House.

One notable building is McKelvy House (200 High St.) designed in 1888 by McKim, Mead, and White. The building is currently owned by Lafayette College and used as a student residence. It was built John Eyerman, a Lafayette alumnus and faculty member, as a gift to his bride Lucy Maxwell.

Specific properties on the National Register of Historic Places include 630 Weygadt Dr.

Many College Hill residents are professors at Lafayette College. Generally, residents of College Hill are fairly wealthy and well educated.

Gallery

• Cattell St 201, College Hill HD, Easton PA 01.JPG

  Cattell St.

• Brodhead St 322, College Hill HD, Easton PA.JPG

  Brodhead St.

• McKelvy House, College Hill HD, Easton PA.JPG

  McKelvy House, High St.

• Weygadt Dr 630, College Hill HD, Easton PA.JPG

  Residence on Weygadt Dr.

• St Peter Lutheran Church, College Hill HD, Easton PA.JPG

  St. Peter Lutheran Church.

References

• Laskey, Caitlin Douglas (2009) Recreating an Early 20th-Century Kitchen: A Case Study in Preservation and Green Design. (Masters thesis). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 2010.